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SOME hOOD-KATUItE- D JT1TJV.

Taiy'r tlte retlewn with Jtate r FrteilTh Jain Bens with Itnnner.

While It Is truo that the man of knownwealth nnd wide buslne. relations In Newlork nre oompellod to surround themselveswith various barricades to escape tho imnortu- -sltlos ot unwoloom visitors, It Is also true thnt' many ot the busiest meu have a happy knackot Unhtsnlnc the burdens ot life. While theybar ont the bore, the beetcar, the Idler, or thobook accent, thoy raanago (o slip in many npas sins; moment with a welcome friend or nJoyous spirit. If It Is only to say "' Notor " I really can't do It,," they make tho worldeo more onslly and (tlte you tho air of ment upon whoso shoulders cares rost llchtly.

Chauncor M. Depow Is tho loading type otthis clap of men. If he has n touch Job with alegislative InvestlcMinc committee, or hat aIons linn of complaining patronB of tho Harlemaod to face, he will do It with a running fire otJokes and an Imperturbable good nature thntcoes far to make small bones of Die complain-ants' troubles. And eowhen the barrlcndos otthe Qrand Central Depot are passed nnd thoInnor sanctum Is reached, he comos out

from a burden of businessIndeed, this happy faculty of

has some slcnnl Illustrations nmone lnw-yer- s,

PrederioIUOoudort Is a notable examplecf It. In or out of court hlssonsoof humorpredominates. Ho points his lieavlost lawanrumenta with It. It crops out when he pro-sid-

at pnbllo meotlnirs. It serves to calm thetroubled wators of contention, and yet It neorovorrldes or eclipses the serious business ofthe hour.

Qeorce Bliss Is another Illustration of thishappy frame of mind. Ho reminds you of thopugilist who nlwnys comos up smlllne. Hepounces on his opponent with a quiddity. Heetrikes from the shoulder with a jest. He elvesa with a cine. He knocks his manout with u joke. Wliethor In a law case or lit apollllcnl convention, lie never Joics suthtof thoreductlo ad ntwnrdam.

llourke Cockrnii. who has lately rome Intoprominence ns n political pponkor nnd lawyer,has tho art of hIjIiiiiIiik alioutwith a llitht heartIn the mldt of sober intitters. He is one day inWashington, the next in court in the city, nndtho next rousing the boys in Taninmny Hall.Ho hns n inert r fnco nnd a lnuchlwt ovo, andseems to take life enMly.

Jcenh 11. I hnatn in a nbtablo example of theman of nITuIrs who can mingle fun with busi-ness. IIu can soo sport nluroff. He never losessiclit of It. When ho has a bad case he makesJokes when he hr.s no nruument, nnd he knowsjust how tar they co with a jury.

J V.ui Mayor Hewitt Is an Invetcrnt joker.He li rather apt to taueh at hl own jnkos, andhe Is bomaah.tt inclined to show up his oppo-ns-

In n ridiculous llcht; and he will somo-tlin-

make u i;ilm joke, or a classical joke, orn joko tbr.t i"rittlres too much comprehensiontor tho ordinary mind, or h joke founded onknowledge or history, or n joke relating to gene-alogy, or what not; but the Jlnyor really shuntsoff tome ol lire's cures with jests.

Comptroller Jlyera l also a man of tile re-sponsibilities Who llnds time to be nfTahle. Hepecs away at a pile of vouchers whllo he chutBnwnv with i caller in a friendly vein. He has aeood many millions pn-- tlnouiili his hands inthe eourseol n year, but liodtis-sesllk- a beau,smiles li'te a loer, and has a perpetual fund ofeood humor.

The Jerome famllv, of which Larry Jeromo,the famous practical joker. Is a pleasant type.haduhne a brlttht side of life to show wnileperpetually htty with weighty affairs. CyrusW. 1 loWI. who has hsil more than thonveraseshare of hemy business responsibilities, has aTeiu of luuiior. perhaps a trlllo cynlcul, butover present, and especially alert.

The d men. in fact, have mostsuccess. Woe to the public niRU who icbutlsthe honest questioner with sIlKhts, or who putshim off with frr-v- Tho debt Is sure to berepaid with interest. Tho Bhrewd men of Wallstrnet sown to have borne this in mind, andUndo Daniel Diuw, or Itufus Hatch, or UncleHngo, or even Jay Gould never have lost sifttttof the utility of n little suavity.

BhoriirOrnnt hns a jolly way with him thntnover falls to Impress people favorably. A-lthough n very I ii- man with public nnd pri-vate nfTulr.s. l.e iftencr cay than crave, andif ho does not do anything for you he looks asthough he would if he could, which coes atreat way to meke people leel oomfortnble.

And there Is n cood deal of jollity umonctheJudges. Judge Jirady Is tho jolliest of diners.Judge Morgan O'Brion a host of host3. JudgeO'Oorman a whole-soule- d cood follow, with antnexhauMiblu fund of anecdote: J udce B.irt-le- tt

a man of kindly heart and penile roleu.Judge Pratt a perennial fountain of mirth,and Judce Cullen n well spring of eood humor.

XBOVT EXPERIENCE STORIES.

IJaele f Im Ltttenn Gravely and Tltnts whatOther Bait Might Hnve Haas.

NoRnrwooD, N. Y., May 12. They weretelllnc stories at Finch's stcre. It was whatthe woodsmen facetiously call nn experiencemeeting. Herb Conkllng had boon worklnconce on a job of peeline hemlock bark over onBlack Lako. It wasn't much of a lake for Ash-ing. Of course It hnd some fish In It, bic ones,too. But no ono could catch the blc ones,l'hey wouldn't bite. He'd tried overythlncfrom an ando wonn to n ble chub, hut nothingwould tempt their opretltcs.

"There is too much feed there for them,"ruscpsted FaUy Newton, tho commercial trav-eller from Utlca.

" No," said Herb. " I cuess it's the other way.Tho morn trout have to eat tho bettor thoyfeom to bl . I.t-- t me tell you of tho only ouoIcatichttln-r- wo:th sfienklnc about. UncleJim Kayos ln-- o n ". alone, nnd he'll tell you thostory is dead Mralcht. Wo took the boat andpaddled ovor to where a small brook emptiesin at the n 'rt'i'iNt corner. It was just aftersunset. Uncle .1 ii.i had loen up prospectincaround, nnd had located the place as the mostllkuly on the l.iko. The water wns deep, nudhe hud seen ph ;ty of them as ble as a hand-saw. Isn't that so, Undo Jim?"

Uncle Jim nodded."Undo Jim was flshlnc with chubs nnd I

was uetnc worms, Well, wo throwed andjlccod nnd skittered away in the temptlnelstwars we could. Ti.e blc fellows would make arush for the bait as If thoy wore coins toswallow polo and all. but just as they would cotwithin about two or three teet of ltthay'd brinetip all standlnc or sheer off and co scootinepast, and not a bite could we cot. After fifteenor twenty minutes of that uncle ,11m put onthe blecest chub ho hnd say lire or II vo and ahalf Incnes lone. As he becan to troll it overthe wuter I inw a little ono co for it ono that

L mlcht welch, say. half n pound. Itwnsdeadln9 earnest, and Undo Jim hooked him. With that?,, alone came one of some size and took that

little one and the chub off tho hook clean. Thatoxcltod Undo Jim.

"'Now's yer chance.' he said. 'Drop yerworm there rjtiick.' Of course. I cot my wormthere In no time, nnd, sure enoucn, the blc fel-low snapped it up, nnd In half a minute more Inod him flopplncln the old soow. The trout hahad swallowed was so lone that more than twoInches was stlckine out of his mouth when hobit at my bait, isn't that so. Uncle Jim?"

UrcIo Jim nodded nnd smoked placidly.' How much did tho blc one welch?" askedFatty Xowton,"Two ivinnds nlno ounces, drossod, by the

EtefllBNlB," h Herb."If you want to catch front," said Fatty,"you should co drop your bait into tho sprinchole over on Mposa lllver or Into Hand Lako orHolm Lake. There's whore the bic ones willbite-w- hy, they'll light for the bait. I was overthero ono clay last Juno. Flics I You neversaw such a day for fllc as that was, nor trout

Jl 'JA".1--- t'on th? v,!M "" ho sure the trout

rJ will. too. I wn llsbtnc in Sloose lllver with aeouploofmorobersol the BUbyClub. When Il?ot, t0 sprlne hole I bnlted my hook

t Jritu .i.,ive "J1.01 that Charier Cunnlnc- -I'SP'.i '! B'lldo. had caueht. No soonordid that mou:o becln to swim on thatwater than n monstor crabbed him. Sport?B?rJ Z.u neJ""r ",w W'dne better. I landedthat fish and reserved tho ranuso allvo. ThenI tbrowed it in caln. Well, to make a lonestory short, I worked oyer that hole for justtwenty minutes with that ono mouse. In that, time 1 landed elcht trout-an- d tho eight ot themwelcheil just twenty-on- e pounds. And I cotthem all with thnt ono mouse. Sport? Say.jtm never saw anythlnc bettor."

Undo Jim croaned aloud."Mi. whnt did you say, Undo Jim?""I can't sayoz I said nothin'. Mr. Newton,"

said Undo Jim. "but I wus thinkln', Mr. Now-to-

I wus thlnkln what a moss you would aoaucht ef you'd only had a rat."

Iwa IlrniKtit Swear OBmm M CMoito Trttwu.

Dim Moiwia, Iowa, May 8Tha Statarharmacy Association, in annual session herewith a larce number of drueciats from

all parts of the Utate present, took Importantnotion In deciuinc, by an almost unanimousvote, that, a h soon as their present permits hadexpired, they would not one of them toll llijuorfor uuy purpue whatover. They adopted astrong rufolutlon declarlu.: that the lust Lexis-latur- o

had passed a law under which "nopharmai ist can sell Ibiuor, either with safetyto bis flimucittl interests or with any decree orrespect for himself or to tho profusion ofpharmucy." As tliore aru about 2.U0U reels-lore- d

phurniaolsts in the Htato who are mem-bers of Die association, this action will make itOiiScult to tot liquor (or any purpose. Theassociation also adopted a resolution asklneOongreu that they be not classed with saloonkeepers by beloK fftaolred to tike out licenseEa4Mr tfeexal tax w t e rear.

EXCISE COMTLtCATIOir BT JTBRBttT.

JUW the Heanblleaa Mr. Hare theTemperance Vate Wader thetr Thniabe.

The temiieranco work ot tho last NowJersey Leclslalure Is oauslnc trouble In anunexpected dlrocllon. It has been the customin tho rural districts, ospoclally In parts ot theState where tho tompernncoaontlmontls strongand saloons few, for men to set up "Juc shops,"where they kept liquor for sale In quantities ofa quart or over, to bo drunk off the premises,Threo or four persons wishing to drink oonldchip In their money and en or send to ono ofthese places for a quart In a " crowlor" or a bot-

tle. They would drink it up somowhore out-sld- o

the door, and whuti it was nono eo hackfor more. For this hort of liquor edllnc nollccni-- was requited. Lxperts have calculatedthat for expedition and economy this mothodol cettinc drunk exceeded two to one tho

Mundluss up tua bar nnd pouringit down a class lit a lime.

To bienu up this bulnos tho Leclslnturopassed a law raising tho limit of unlicensedsales to nA gallons. This was a deadly blowat tho "Juc shop," but uobod noticed until re-cently tnat It was nlso n solid whack at thobusiness of lliiuot'-selllu- c by ctocei s, drueclste,and othordo'ilors who havo ulwnn heretoloroKept tho ardent lluld dono up In quart bottlesand other convenient packnees handy tor aimtomors who wanted that sort of Hoods withtheir cheoso and stigar, or ns mcdlaine. Inci-dentally, In probably half the groceries and

tho diucntore- - In tho Btate, cus-tomers who wsie known had nodlBlculty ingettlne slnclo drinks on the premises.

The now law makes it necessary for grocersand drucelsts to take out Ikon pes before theycan legally soil liquor at all, and breaks up theslncle drink custom entirely. Many grocerswho have large buslnei-sn- s have nlrendy ap-plied for licenses. The druggists generallysay that thoy will shut down on liquor sellingaltogether. To add to the unpleasantness ofthe situation for the grocers nnd druggists, thoHigh Llcuntn lnw has put up tho price of

to in large cities nnd to $lt)0 in thosmallest towns.

A fiittbor unexpected development is In themnttor of ules of liquor at clubs. It Is allegedthat the new laws make It necessary for allsuch organizations to havo a license to clloeu to members to drink in the club house.

On tho side of tho tomporance people thero Isalso unpleasantness, owing to the tnct that Itwill almost cuilululy be impossible to get anelection under tho local option jiart of thoHlch License bill before noxt yenr. InOlou-cesto- r

county a ictlt!on for such an electionhas already been presented to tho court, nndsimilar applications nre expected to be madesoon in Cane May. Cumberland, and Camdencounties. Hut tho Inwjrives tho court lortydajs In which to examine tho petition and or-

der tho election, which carries It to about Junolti. Then nt least threo months' notlcn must beqlvenof the election, which will not take untilSept. Id. Hut by anothei prulslou of tho lawtho license election cannot bo held within tdxtydays of any general election, nnd the generalelection coining this i ear on Nov. C. tho licenseelection cannot be held no Into as Sept. it) norearlier than hlxtydays alter Nov. 0. by thattime there will be another Legislature, andthe temperance people may have their handsfull In keeping the law from being ropoalod.

Tho result of this application of mnthomatlcato tho Local Option law Is a surprlsotothe tem-perance i eoplo, but Hewoll and thollcpubllcnn bosses who manipulated the Legis-lature that nH'-s.i-d the bill know all about itlung ago. They did their tlgurlug betorohnnd,ami innde the bill to lit a scheme Instead ofwaiting to make aBcheme to lit tho bill. Theycalculated that the Democratic leaders, havingput the party solidly on recoid against the law,tho temperance people will bae no choice butto tmn In and vote and work for the

cnndldnte for the Legislaturein Noembr, iu order to savo the law nt all.This. Snwell expect, will save the Legislaturefor the llepubllcMus, nnd the Liglelaturo willelect either him or Win. Walter I'lielps to

11. Mci'herson in the I'nited StatesSenAte, Incidentally it is hclleicd that thework of the temperance people for the Legis-lative candidate- - will greatly help the Hon'ih-llcn- n

national ticket Temnrnncepenpledon'treli"h the situation, now that they see it, butthe only way In which they can recent It Is bydcfc!itiucl!epublican candidates for tho Legis-lature, nud tliutW'jiud bo tho death ol localoption, high lleonbc, and all tho rest of the nowtoaipuruuic hiwb.

sivr.iiKr. Asn jrsox fjctlztzes.nT JMbrrattv Tlirr Art Provided br the

i!lectrle l.lebt Comnanic.Up to date tills year fourteen fires have

been enure 1 in Xow York by olectrlo lightwires. That Is an immense Inoreae ovor anequal period of last year, for in the entiretwelvemonth of 1HS7 there were In tho city buttwenty-tw- o fires so caused. It Is not easy totell exactly when tha.-- e light wires beganstarting conflagrations. In 1SR0 there werethroe fires, nccordlnc to tho report of the FireDepartment, set by "sparks from te'ecrnphwlrcb," and in 1881 another attributed to thosame cause. The fires clearly established ascaused by electric llcht whes nnmbeied threoIn 1981, two in 1832. six in 1883, seventeen in1884, nine In 1885. fourteen in 1886, twenty-tw- o

in 1837, and fourteen in tho first fourmonths of tho present year In all elghty-see- n.

The condition of the wires at the presenttime Is fraught with evtreme danger to life nndproperty. Tho suspended wires have becomoso numerous that they jostle each other, andevery moment when a wind is blowing there isperil of tho dlverMon of the high current of anarc light circuit to some te'ephone, telegraph.Tiro Department, or police wire, carrying dis-

aster to unexpected quarters. Thode' riora-tlo- n

wroucht by timo and the elements la theInsulating material covering those arc lightwires inllnltelylncronsos the danger, for where-oe- r

thero lsabaro spot of wire the curront isready to leap forth for silent, instantaneousmurder, or the starting of a conflagration. Thefraying of the Insulating coveilnc by wiresrubbing against each other, by their touchingspikes and posts and signs, by the formationof ice upon thorn, and the action of the wind Inblizzard weather, aud through many othercauses, has produced the rag and tatter so con-spicuous on the wires all over tho city,

Tho conditions attendant upon the startingot fires by electile llcht wires are such as

attention to them so quickly thatthoy are readily extinguished and compara-tively little damage is done. When the currentis diverted from a lamp to some improperdirection the light cu-- s out, and somebody isllkuly to havo sufllelcnt Intelligence to look outntonco for trouble. Jiut there are cases Inwhich tho flames are slnrtod in places wheretliey are not disc oercd until tho conflagrationgains headway, nnd thero are other cases Inwhich the dnraage done is groat and instan-taneous, through destruction by the pouerlnlarc llcht current of the delicate electrical ap-paratus of other systems. Eory year sincethero havo beon electric wires strung upon polesin Now VorkstrrolH telephone instruments nndllio alarm boxes have beon burned nut In thisway. In 18S6 tho switchboard at Flru Depart-ment Headquarters was ret on lire thiougli thetouch of an nrc-llc- wlro to one of tho fire tele-graph wires. As long ago as lh81 tho superin-tendent of the flio alarm telegraph, in hisannual report, invited attention "to tho con-stant and Increasing liability of interruptionsand damage to the (lie alarm telccr-ipt- i sys-tem from the electric llcht wires, utid d

that " restrictions should be iilacod upunof pnlu.s and wires among and over

tho wires of the denuitiuout by the eluetlujight-in- c

companies." Again, in 1882, lie reportedthat "tho Interferences of olectrlo light wlteswith those of the tiro alarm tolegr.iph of thisdejiartmcnt aro becoming so serious ns to de-mand immediato attention. In n number ofinstances on record whole, nnd large parts of,etit-J-t alarm box circuits have for hours beenrenderod useloss by tho destroying of the eloc-tri- o

mechnnlsm of the boxes."Utery year sinco then similar com-

plaints hao beon made. Superinten-dent Smith says: "Wo do all wo canto keep our wires from gottlnc in con-tn-

with those of tho electrlo Jlghtlnz com-panies by kooplnc out ot their way, for the de-partment has no rights they are bouuu to

and wo cannot make them keep out ofour way. Tho dangers from thorn nisy confi-dently ho exjiected to Increuso from this timeon. owing to the deterioration of the Insulatingmaterial upon the wires that hatobrcn up forseme time and tho lapld and great increase intheir circuits."

Sully, bill Ho I.lkcd MallVom tt MHrj

"The position of coolt In our camp isnot one that any of the fellows hanker alter."

So spake n strapping follow yesterday, whowas enjoying some of tho luxuries of oltr llfoafter roughing it for several weeks, worklncupon one of our new railroads.

"There's been so much fHiilt found with thecook that we have made u rule, under whichthe Ilrst man Undine fault with tho food Isobliged to till the cook's place und keep it untilrelieved by another kicker. ,

After many of tho hois," he continued, hadhad awhitek at thecooklnc thero was less fault-findin-

uottliHt theie wns any Improvement Inlie cullnuryilepartmcut.but simply bocausothe

I oys would all rather uo .ut to work alter a poorireakfastthnustny In camu to got dinner ready.

The cook for the time belug had the worst of it,W'l thought.

"Our cook thought so. too. At last he madeup hismlud to get out of his billot. His littlescheme was rev onlod one morning when u fellowwe called Jim pulled a long face after puttingpiece of bread In his mouth."'It to me.' said Jim, 'this bread Ud- -d aH.'iiut, nnlek m flb7h addetVJrtgOOd, though! Ufa JfOOd'T

. i : ,

xnm of Ttue tiikatres.Ittklina coftit u count In this wek's pUyattHe

Aesderay. The ture of tht old homo It ollntlyqnlrpel for melodrsms. sail "The streets of Nir

Tori," which ! to t briefly revived, eonld hve bo bet.ter opportunity to meet old friends. Not that It hebeen etrst to v ot lite leiiont. thonithi It dm beenkept illre by one etir or mother thronth ill tho(rridnef thepopnlirprlee honiee, ontll It would eeem

thnt lti thirty odd yeireemhtto hisr heivtly opon It.Pot thl time It cornet with epeelil intereit. beeituerrtnk Miyo la to riippetr la It n Tom batqar, thetint rote, perhipe, In which hie qotllty wit tellf J

o well thit people begin to tilt about him. Miyo hudose miny better thlitin. of courts, hut eirtilnty nonemore tothepobllo'i liking, lilt work it thtAeidemythlt week will be witched with corioilty.Tfo city Iteelf It remirtiule In nothing eirelit lonrerlty. The French piece thit ttoi.dnnwllltnr pnnor to It hit lont no hetn forgotten.

tlioiKhtf firlalini conic", be treited it theAridemvpeople tow wo ire to be with the tliht of reil fire

potting ont reel blue with the trne witery irtl-rle- ,

perLipa the French original wonld ilto atind revlvl-catio-

tiOulaJamea indtttrle Walnwrlght will he itthe Aeiderar on Miy 2S and for the week In i repertoryof Fhiteipearlm mike-n- After ttiem the d

Ite first aeiaon la i combination theatrennderOllmora k Tomptlna'i ntimtement Itwaa In-

tended to mike in elitiorite prodaetlon of "UncleTom'f Cabin" next week, bnt thlt tcheme hit been

ind there la no eertilntr it to the mtore ofthe attraction that wtll get Into the theatre. There willbe no performance on Tnraday evening of thla week,Majn having rellnqotthed the econpincy to the Demo-

cratic State Convention. The regolar Wedneaday maUneewill be given.

poalna VoXei aid her email bnt arreeabie companywill and their engagement it Daly'a on Satnrdiy night,when they will hive had thit hnnae live weexa. i longetiy for in organlratlon thit app'ila to only the refinedelement of our playgoer. The programme of laat week

"Which la Which I" "My Milllner'a mil." and "A Doa-

ble Iieiion" will not be changed. Mlaa Yokee lntenda tocontinue her American work next eeaaon. though thewill run ever to London during the tummer for newgnwnt and new people. Among the litter ebe la sure tobring back a lovely girl or two It would pay her to re-

import Lealle Cheater, that peerleaa young weman whorould look If eho couldn't net. In the preaent companyla an nctor whp dnda eapectal favor wtth faahlonablefeminlnltr In hie audlenrea. Hit nam la CourtneyThorpe. lilt grice la idmlred, although few know howmjch deiterlt; l Involved In bit getturea. One ofThorpe'a irma atopa it hla wrlat, ind the minting mem-

ber hia been reelaced irtlflclally. The fatae hand haaall the Jolnu of natnre Imitated aa clotely aa poailhle.hut of eourie tt ! Incapible of tpontineoua lotion. It Itkept neatly gloved ilwiyt. ind tta flngera ire from timeto time deftly reirranged by the genuine hand. Thereader cannot have failed to tee, attome time oranother, a comedian llinatritlng exaggeratedly themovements of a vncatlit with n cork arm, white tinging

l tentlmental acng. Well, there la ott a tuggeltlon otthat In Thorpe'a very expert manlpnlatlon ot hla hand,bnt not enough to make him awkward After MlaaVokea'a departure Daly'a will abut ltt iloort until the re-turn of the ttock company. Next week, therefore.Dalr'a, the Metropolitan, and. perhipa, the Academywill all be dirk in unuauil record for compiritlvelyeirly time of the year.

"The FtlU Alarm" la going in for i teventy.flfth nightachievement, which, on a return vlilt, wlil be worthy oftilling about. At any rate. It wtlt held the fourteenthAtreet'iRtnge to long at there It profit, and then Manager Hotenqueit will tliut hla theatre for the tummer.

The Battle of nettytburg laicool retreat.Thla la the time of the year when thoie theatrical

people who are heavy dealera In wind waft Into thenewapaper omcea announceanenta of tkelr plana fornext Beaton. Newapapera are gravely aked to Informtheir readert oft ometblng like thit: "Mlu Birdie Magtn-ni- a

la at pretest reallng In berapaciont villa at Wllllame.burgh, bnt Ul toon begin preparationa for the comingteaton. wtien the will ttar under the management ofMr. Mercutlo In an entirely new play called 'Onlya Perfect Iwidy.' Jdias Maglnnit It a fearleaa

mnybeeeen nearly every morning canteringalong the thady lanea on her thoroughbred Eentuokyherae Itoxofnce."

Hermann, the only, la In the city again. lie onprobably plaTrd at ai many theatrei here thlt ariaon atthe moit pop'iUr dramatic ttar. He mntt give titlefae'icn. or he wouldn't come to often. Ite hit a mo-nopoly of hli field, however, and he laugbi at hints ofrlra'ry hy and by ITe will be at the Orand all thlaweek, and lie will hnve aomelhtng to tay about the PitsPebhr tricka. Next week "Doloree" will be at theGrand, and after that Mantell will bring hla tour to acloee with a weak of " Mocbare."

Nine female feneera and J. Ilertl. the champion ofAuttrla and Oermaay, bar been giving oxhlbttlona atthe Eden Maaee of lato The muilo of Krdelyi Nacei'aIlnmrarWn band, the aide ataow ef the cheat and checkerplayer, thabigralnllnga. and the waxworki are thrownin with the fencing dleplaya The f'den endeavors togtTe a vlaltor hla money's worth. It wlU be eeeu.

This hat not been good weather fjy theatre going, butth Fifth Avenue, tike the Broadway, and perhapionemore houee, haa held big audiences right along. "Nat-ural Oas " haa pleated the public bathe rwht way. asTrti Sr.i said It would, and It Is certstn to last severalweeks longer. Spurred by their success, all the actors Inthe caat have elaborated the "buatoci" of their aeveralroles, until not one among them falls to gain commen-daUe- n

for one thing or another. Jennie Yeamans andthe elnttlo nirard who ought to have himself photo-graphed In the act of tcallng the garden wall haremade apeclat hits since the ttrtt night. No doubt "Nat-ural Ua" will laat for Manager Tompkins as long as hecares to make his first Beaton at this theatre go. OnThursday afternoon at this theatre a performance willbe given br numerous volunteers In lid of the widow ofA. 8. Phillips.

The run of the "leirl of Pekin " it the BIJon nearan end. The management announces that a vacationwill be taken for the tummer. and that the operawill be put on the ttage again In the autumn.

"The Wf?" wat acted for the sooth contecnttve timeat the Lyceum Friday night There were touvenlrt tomark aa occasion that really deserved to be remem-bered. Tho pity will Le wlthileawn at the eloa of nextweek, and the company will take a brief reit beforeetartlng on the trip that wtU keep them on tour untilearly In October.

Bamay and Olert having left nt. It is now Posaarf tturn to go lie will till the Thalia on Monday night, be-cause he will play L'Arrnnge's favorite comedy, 'Ir,Elans," with severe! rerslons of which English theatre-goers are familiar. On Tuesday night, for a farewell, bewill be seen In " Pie JlluthochtelL"

Nothing Interfere! with the centre of th monkeys atthe Star. They and their aalslUL' dogs, ponies, andgoats may star there as long as their baokers leefitTh Star s high rent makes It an extra dlfllcult house tntup time with nesr hot weather, so there ar no en-

gagement to follow Herr nrookmann and his pet.Toole's move thlt week It In the direction of enter-

prise. He wilt otter "Tho Arabian Nlglitt" at the lowetttcale of prices the spectacle has ever been played to.

will lead the ballet, the brothers Maurel win dothe acrobatic and groteaque dancing, and the Kllslercompany of comedians wlU Interpret the story of theburlesque. Thla Is not Alfred Thompaou'e libretto, butthat Kzmflei nothing, unless It be an improvement, forThompson's wit Is not at all funny to the arerage Amerl-can- .

The Kllsler production, from ail account! Is thold "Aladdin" done over, It was sentort soon aftertheStandard production of "The ArabianNlghu," and aftera checkered career It got Into the houaea.There it has reemed to be Just the thing. Poole's patronswl'.l Ilk the change In the order of their entertainments.

The project of bringing th famous Melnlngen Com-pany to this country seems to have been once moreabandoned The undertaking la big aud extra baiard-oua- .

One of the lltutenanti of lleury K. Abbey, who aton time thought of tiling th risk, tiyt of the organi-sation i "It ia the property of the Grand Duke ot

one of the reigning duke of Germany.Ills territory U Jut large enough to contain his theatre

nd the ten foot alleyway around It, which the lawrequires. The German people hold him in high esteem.IT hu th right to beatow decoratlona upon hlaown aubjecta, and tboa of other dnkes residing Inthe asm ennnty. Thee littles badges, which willnot even admit th holder to the Blieeprhead Baytrack, are greatly prlied by the tlrapl Teuton!and It Is the Duke's custom, when playing hiacombination In other citlet to confer these decorations.In lieu of cash, on theatre managers, bill potters, land-lords, printers, and others who In thlt part of the worldire liable to get left. Now, If the Grind Duke comes toAmerica Intending to conduct buaincaa on thla piau histour will come to a audden eud, and the papert willchronicle tt In about th following ordti " At the

of tho performance the Grand Duke entered theboxofilce, andi aldrceslug the manager, Mr, John Duff.In German, conferred upen htm the decoration of theOrder ot Oolites Suckers. Then the Interpreter ex.plalued to him that this was bestowed upon him In f

bit thtre of the receipts- - Then Mr. Duff ex-pressed bis opinion of Grand Ducal managerial methodsIu lsuguag which required no Interpreter. Ills Cleanil-nea- a

will not be able to return his for ttvsralmonths "

The week's really aew production In the dratnatlofield will be n view at tbe Windsor, It Is i borderdrama, with all Ike atience of heroism, nolle, and roughcomedy utually furnlthcd la playt of etiern life. Thltcinnotbe Avoided In "The Queen of the i'laina" be-

cause it is a dramatization of one of th 1st Ned Bunt-Itne'- a

aiorira A new comer, Kate FurMll, la Ita star.&ho took the piece out on tbe read some weeks age andgave it a trial under th till ot - Calamity Jan " ThChang la ita nam Lu bcv rcntly octd, and itsomewhat agreeable. Mis FaraseU's agent says thatshe it not a norto. bet beg aantttinfsmllltr, at least UImportant role. AAerasrta Windsor wCI bavea

el Dial mst; eU ineUegeeia, --leak, eg,

Dlok Tntpln'i Wd to Tork." Thl wat a favorite withear grandparents. John Gilbert hadn't been on th NwTork ttage a weak before he played In It, and that wasmany yeara ago. The coming revival lain thehandaofWilliam II. Hamilton, an

Ther will tie a remarkable fight formoaleal favor, beginning nlht,whn M Nadjy"wtll he elaborately produced at the Caalne, and the per-

formance! of "Th Lady or the Tiger t" at Wallack'and "The Queen't Male" at the Broadway will havbecome tmootli and rapid through repetition. Comi-

cality and melody teem to compote more acceptableentertainment for summer than anything else that canbe put Into i theatre, and hardly ever before have threeplecti of that kind been ilmultaneonsly presented Inthla city In to coatly and artlttlo i manner. The houaetdevoted to till rivalry nro well tnitcd to hot weitheroccupation became they are large anil well ventilated.It teemt llltely that " The Queen's Mate," " The Lady orthe Tiger t" aud "Nadjy" will combine to excite quitesufficient Intereit to make them all prosperous.

Jamet A. Heme and hit "Drifting Apart" companyremain In poeterrion of Hie 1'eople'itliU week. He hatImproved tho drama tince ltt first niglit, hut he retain!the tinging ot "docket Agea" during the atorm In thefirst act. one of the Lawrenrci will come forthat the rtople't to tell all about the Plaa Debara NextwcekMlleaJt Barton's "Lost In New York" anew ver.tlon of "t'ad,lhe Tomboy" wlil be at thla liouae forthe first time ttnee the name of the piece was dligulted.

The American News Company's refusal to handte thecity edition of the Drowiuftc .Vein was a theme of muchspeculation on theatrical Broadway yesterday. Sym-

pathy for the ppe waa lacking. The alleged " expoak"of the Caalno dlrtlcnlty pro e I to lie an old ttory told In

a bitter manner! TlieAronaona aoleil promptly enoughIn their protest to the newt oompany. but Itlmot gen-

erally known that the ofilclala of the company foundother objectionable matter in the paper, notably aviolent attack upon a contemporary. It was thlathat led directly to the refusal of the news cempany tnany longer handle the city edition nt the paper, and It Ispretty well known that they will not cbante their mlndato long aa the preaent editor of the troubieaome pai r isemployed by Its proprietor.

" A Fotalble Case" has a fortnight remaining ot Ite Madi-son Square engagement. With Manatild inJnn. Kfllo

Easier In July, and W, II, Gillette's new plays In August,the theatre haa plenty of ork ahead before the homecompany will occupy It again.

Koater A Itlal'a periodical novelty makea tta appear-ance to morrow night In the form of Achoun. the Chineaesnider. Tbe people retained are the Fonte Bonl brothers.muatcal cecentrlca, Leronxand Wilton, gymnaata; SadieBelmont and Alexandra Pagmar. the Archmere Bi-sters, duettitts, and the eight female fencers.

llughey Dougherty, one of the olJeat of thlt day'aburnt-cor- k acton, Joint the Frauk Moran troupe at TonyPaatnr'i night, when their tecond and laatweek at that house will begin. Billy Birch continues,and ao do Frank Moran and the six end men. FrankDumont has written a new bur'eaque. "The StillAlarm," and the programme otherwise wtll have newfeaturca. A fortnight of uilnatrelay at thla aeaaon of thoyear la something of an ochlerement for Pastor's. Nextweek Mattle Yickera, a soubrette. who doen't come toNew York very often, will be at I'nator'a In " Jacquir.e:or. I'aato and Diamond!" a comedy drama by CharlesGayler. MltsVlckera haa made thia piece go long nndwell on the circuit! During June there will be aeveralnew farce comediea at l'aator'e.

Frank Ilarvey'a melodrama of nngllah domestic wots,"The World Agalnat Her," will be the medium of SateClaxton's return to the city to morrow night at Mblo'!Its first city performances occurred at the People's someweeks ago, and Ita general success wis at the time re-

corded by Tnn Fr"i. Mlaa Claxton and her hnaband.Charles A. Stevenson, have since fonnd provincial fa-

vor In the piece, which Is strongest In Its chief role,played by .Mis Claxton Arthur II. Forrest remains Inthe caat aa the polite villain, who causae ait the troublebetween man and wife. Tlia play ia to have n

at Mbio'i The enauing atara will be Wll.liam Hedmund and Mr! Tl omaa Barry, who will pro-duce " Bene," a romantice drama of French orig.n.

The tour of Booth and Barrett, one that haa had noparallel In Its vaat financial t ucces! will close with theirengagement at the Amphlon Academy, Brooklyn, thieweek. They will play "Jolina Cxsar," "Macbeth,""Hamlet," "King Lear." "The Merchant of Venice,"and "Othello." Their appearatice at the Wallack bene-fit. Mar 21, will be their laat thla tenon.

Frankie Kemble, a tnubrette who haa played hereoccasionally of late season! wli be the star at Jacobs aThird Avenue to morrow afternoon and at tile eignt entiling performances of theeek. She returns in CHyM. Greene's piece, "Sybil; or. I.lghti of Dublin Life." inwhich the waa first teen here at I'onle'a. Tie drama lanot lu Greene's best vein, but it ia pretty well atlepted toMlaa Kemble'a pnrpotea. Mie ia a pleasant lookingwoman, with broad shoulders, a pretty mouth, and ahearty laugh. She can sing we'l and her Irish dialectIs net bad. " Sybil" has stood her in good stead the pastseason. Next week there will be a revival of "Un-

known" at the Third Avenue, with Lottie Cburch as theherotne.

Nell Burgess will ro back to early triumph" and play"Widow Bedott" at tbe Standard thlt week, to finishbis somewhat curtailed aeoaen at that theatre. When"Vim" waa Ural put on Uurgeaa talked of anallaunvmer atay. The Standard seems to have been a surpriseto htm. as it lias been to a great many other atara andcompanlra It la In demand, however, nnd next week itestage will see a novelty In the first :cs York productionof a local lne.udrutna called 'I.lghtanud Shadow!" onnounced aa the work of Charlea Gayler, originally acteda year or ao ago at Yonkera for a trial of its worth. Ihisseason it was presented iu good ehape at a Philadelphiatheatre. Ilnrry Kennedy controls the p!ecand thecompany. Its Standard season is to last a month.

A manager of much experience In the Importation ofGerman dramatic and operatic companlea haa this tossy; "If a manager offers to a Germau actor f 100 aweek and railroad fares for an American tour, be willInstantly refute, although his aervlces in hia own coun-try may not command more than half that eum. Heknowa what It will coat him to ile at home, but he be.Iievea that there la absolutely no limit to the amountsthat may be wruug from hlnl by American hotel keep-

er! cabmen, and other with wbnrnhe Hill be compelledto deal Then tbe manager otfera him f.V) a week andall hla expenece board, lodging, washing, and car farea

and ha algua a contract without a momenta liealta.tion. By this arrangement the manager saves at least$30 a week." But all la not auch eaay profit. "Hia notuntU he lenvea New York." the man ot experience con-tinued, "that th manager of th German organizationbegins to realize whet he haa undertaken. The princi-pal must stop at the very beat hotel, and muatget a German supper at the close of tne performance. The minor member must have board ata hotel that Is almoat aa good They, too muat havetbtlr midnight supper. No woman will tit at the tametable with any other woman. The wife of the leadingman. who invariably accompanies her husband in thecapacity of a firebrand, must have aa many chaira andaa comfortable a tola In her room as can b found In theroom Inhabited, by the Juvenile lady. Of rourae, therela nothing in the contracta that calls for tbe ooeenaiKeof these rule! but the fact remalna that the managerwill follow them If he knout what is good for lilmrelf.If he does not something ot tins sort la i cry likely toliappen Let ua suppose for exouip'o that the companyhaa arrived In Chicago, and that tta integral parts. Inthe care of trttaty guldea, have been conveyed to tbelrrespective hoielt. Then the manager, with tbe calmcontent which only an eaay corclence can give, teekarepoee. He has not been long in his room before he Isaroused by a knock at th door, aud. nn opening It, dlacovers Herr Dlnklnaplel, the comedian, who liaacemeto remonatrate with him

" Well, what la It nowt' aaya the manager,"Only thla.' rejolna the act,. r 'I'retrelhasaroom

with a horsehair sofa and a rocking chair hi it, whilemy room has nothing but a cane bottoned settee.'

'"Welk replies the munagrr, 'go and ask for a roomwith a tofa lull and let me rest in peace.'

"Well, but why do you treat 1'reuel belter than youtreat met Am I not aa fine an arliit aa lie 1st Haven'tI created a furor in New York in aplleof the fact thatyou gave lilm every advantage In the choice of roleatNow 1 arrive In the Weatern metropolis of Americahoping that at least I will receive fair treatment at thebands of my manager, and the first news that rtacbetme la that Tretzel haa a horse! air tefi In bit room, x

lay that It It vei y discouraging to an arliit to be handi-capped in this manner.' "

Last III Orle.In the lobby of the Stock Kxchnngo yester-

day a prosperous broker stood ou tbe marble tteps con-templatively puffing a cigar, when the doers swung openaud seedy.iuuklug man entered His raiment wnsfaded, bis linen was ragged, and lill shoes were brokenla i dozen p'i''e. though thy were scrupulously bright.Ho greeted the broker with a "Hello, Charley, how'stbe market t"

The broker replied that tbe market was doll, and slip-ping hla baud In his pocket irtvr forth a half dollar,which ke left In the seedy person's hand, after shakinghands with him Without corcern the seedy persontranafsrred It tu his vest pocket aud turned am Ar.

"There's a case where high living ruined as smart achap aa ever drow breath." remarked the broker halfmusingly, "He waa at onetime a heavy operator iuthe Bxcbonge. I have kuown 1,1m to make a mere baga-telle ef in Ouo abaresof stuck. I lithe lot bis grip, nndone day he lay down. He comes around periouically.homo t ut make a Utile deal for li'M i ul of charity, buthe spsnds the proceeds lot liquor. Match htm a fewmoments and you ill realize how low down he la "

Th seedy man walked over to th ticker, and h!!aevidently eog.ged iu read. tig the tape wat furtltelywatching the floor At last hia wanderiug gaze becamefixed aud bit eetllt up greedily He dropped the upeand tidied along until his fool struck a halfcigar He glunced quicklv around unu, rut he thoughtnobody waa suiting blm.be atooped ilowa ami tar,leaaly transferred the "anlpe"froiu the floor to liltpocket. He theu strolled out, lion lug politely to an iioqualntance Ills steps led lilm tu a saloon inrlaoe, but beforo entering the Uoor b took tbe "snipe"

his tiookat and, deftly catching it between bitthumb and flngr, opened th door and calmly rood.d to light ft, aftu whlob. be laid hi half dollar oathbar mdeallsdiW whiskey. II remained there until behad apenl kit tuoaa and. anukta Ut altar, ant lata(Uettiea aifaffi

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QUESTIONS JIT S(7N CORRESPONDENTS.

1. Ooold Brown' Grammar taytl "Things remark.able for power, erentneoe. r tublftnity ar spoken of amateollu, whll things bauUfnL amiable, nr prolinoare tpoken at at feminine." Hearing thla rul tn mind,lathiaaentenee correct! "The pit ot hell opened hermouth I" Z. Which la preferable, "aepulcbre" or

A. O.Hearing the rule In mind, th iprttlon must ef

ceurae be wrong. According to th beat authorities, themouth of belli not bsantlfuk amiable, or prolific; It la

rather grist and sublime, and therefor masculine. W

think that the best pronoun In that sentence, however,Is the Impereenil pronoun "It!" 3. The former, Just ittheatre It preferable to theater.

Will you Inform me why Taltevrind't "Mimolr"were not tmbiuhed. is directed In hit wilt, thirty yearnafter hla death, and what dltpetulou bat been made otthe manuscript t II. V. ri.

In ISA Napoleon lit. obtained from th helri ot Tableyrand a postponement of twenty-tw- yian more.Thlt period wlil be ended In May, isso. Th manuicrlbtIt in the hands of the link d Montmorency, second aonoftheDok d Talleyrand, grandton of th writir, th1'rlne d Talleyrand.

Sixteen peraons play progreaatve enehr for three caahrrlrea at the end four pereool are found to be tied for

place. Are tho four peraona entitled tnbaveall the prlree between tbem. or only one prize lllicniia.

It aeatna to ua that they thould draw to ite wbo taketthe first prize If they can't draw, then the prize thouldI divided between them. Th man who made th tto-on-d

betttcorelt entitled to the tecond prize, and thethird beat to the third prla. It It tb mltfortun otthoie who hav tied that they have tied; but their milfortune ihouldn't nrtrint thi tieoad scorer from getting the itcond prize

Who it the champion at eight-bal- l pl. and who rankttecond f Did Balbo. the Cuban, ever defeat Albert Freyfor the Grote emb'em. and. If to, when f D. D.

Frey won tbe champion emblem at l " pyra-mid" or eight-ba- ll poo. In tb tonrnamentof 1SS3; theemblem la now hla property nnd he la obamplon. JohnDaukelmann won aecond prlre Do Oro. otherwiseknown as "Balbe." defeated Frey In on f th aerleaot games In the tournament for the Grote emblem InMay, 1S37, bnt Frey won th emblem and champion-ship In tbe tournament all tbe tame.

Wbat It the meaning of the word " Kanuek f" Poet tlmean "Canadian." or "Note hcntlan r It, 1. IV.

"Canuck" meant an Inhabitant t Canada! a NovaScotlin It a " Blue Not." W do nut find any derivationfor th word.

Wbat ia th nam of th preaent owner t the FifthAvenue Theatre t Who nav owned It line It waa built ta it m

The building belong! to tbe Gllaey eatata. and alwayahaa eo belonged. The preaent manager la Kugene Tomp-kln- !

one of tbe manager! of tin gnat Botton Theatre,Boaton, aud alao of th Academy of Muato In. thla city.Th theatre wat opened a the St-- Jamea'! Oct S3. Ib71 ;

and aa the Fifth Avenue Dec. 3, 1870, by AuguatlnPily. After Mr. Daly went Into hla preaent theatre,Daniel G. Harklna with a partner, managed the house.Then Ilarerly ran it, and then Stetaon. th litter ofwhom hia Just beon succeeded by Tompkln!

I have i number of young gripevlnes grown fromcuttings from i vine which bad not et come In bearing,though the letter's predecessor waa a great bearer andgave choice frnlt i am desirous of knowing If theseyoung alnea will bear. They are now two yeara old, andshould have a ahowing of fruit in two more yeara

II. A. Ill CXI JV.Vines raised from cuttings taken from seedling grapes

will no doubt come into bearing tn a fw year! but w

fall to understand why you ahould care to propagatevinea of thla kind. We should think It wonld have beenbotterto wait until the seedling vinet had fruited, thenpropagate the variety If it wat worth it; If not, throwthem away. As n rule, not one seedling grapevine In athousand Is worth preserving for propagation.

Jat. nttgerald. The Emperor Frederick was born Oot,IS, 1831; tbe Friuc of Wales was born Nov. 9, 1841,more than ten years after his brother tn law.

Please tell rae tbe nationality ot a man born In a Brit-la-

veatel In American waters! J. B.He la an ltngltabman. The veiaal l! for the pnrpoaa of

nationalizing persons on it, a little Island under thesovereignty of Great Britain.

1 What organization repreeented the Democracy ofthla city at I'inrlntiatl in June lso t 2. How long afterthat onventtou was the County Democracy formed ta Did tbe State of New ork present a candidate atthat convention t Politics.

1. The Democratic organlzanon of the city and countyof New York was preaeut, represented by delegate!

aud ahouter! Tammany was refnted recogni-tion, tat outtlde the bar, and growled until Hancockwas nominated; then, with the qulckneaa for aelzingevery advantage and for turning reverses into advan-tages which haa got the society out of many holes, itstopped snarling, proclaimed that the nomination was avindication of its cry of "Down with Tildenlsml" andvowed everything bad gone off Just as it wanted, andtliat the society had triumphed. 2 The County Demoo-rac-

the germs of which had existed beforo June, 1SSO,

was organized late In December of that year. 3. TbeState didn t; the Democrats did. First tbey wantedTilden. when he withdrew they voted for Uury hPayne of Ohio.

How manv changes can b mid In arranging thflgureal, J, A, t, 5, 6,7, 8,f Jonjt uoxju.

sia.tsoWhit authority haa a policeman to prohibit ball play.

Ing lu this cltyr We were pasaiug a ball tbe other dayin a va, ant lot when a policeman swas-gere- along andInformed us that "ar we didn t Clare an ay fumdat."he oula "roou us art In." We cleared, of course, butwe would like to know if he had any right, except hisbutton! his club, and his brogue, to order us to atop.

Bill FLavsn.Th law allows a policeman to stop bait playing In any

lot unlets tbe players have written permission from thoowuerto continue their sport; moreover, it the neigh-

bors complain of the players or playing as a nuisance,the authorities are compelled to stop the game. Tbeowner of the vacant lot may have entered a generalcomplaint at tt.o police station. In tnat case a police-

man is obliged to put a ttop to alt playing, although youyourselvtt may have been doing no harm. InspectorSteers thinks that people ought to remember that theywere once young themselre! and put up with a littleannoyance, but the taw neverthelett baa to be enforced.

Are there any Statet In the Union that allow an aliento vote before he baa been five year a resident of tbcountry? B. K, II.

Can a foreigner, after living for a year 1n Kanaa!orany utber btate, vote at a i'realdentlal election!JOUftSOK.

Fourteen States allow an alien to voto without havingbeen uaturAlizeik requiring simply that he thould havedeclared hia Intentions, Ait of thete ntatet require himto have lived for a longer or shorter time in the state.There aro the State! with the length of reaidence re-

quired in each: Alabama, 1 year; Arkanta! 1 year;Colorado, 0 montht; Florida, 1 year; Kama! 0 month!,Louisiana. I year; Michigan, S inontht; Mlnnetota, 4months; Mlasourl, 1 year; Nebraska, 6 months; Oregon.C mouths; Texaa, I year; Wfaconaln. 1 year.

Ptd Ilobert! the professional billiard player of Eng-land, ever visit New York city and play a game tbire!

AkUTZUU.John Robert! cam to America about 1S64. it the time

John Deery wit American champion, under a contractto make a tour ef tbe country with Dudley Kavanaghand Melvlu Foster. Roberta played an exhibition gameat Kngliah billiards with Kavanagh In Cooper Institute,but he never, ao far ai is known, played a match gamIn thla country.

Can ou toll me the greatett dittanoa a cannon ballbaatver been thrown! u. C. D.

No, positively, forlhlt reason t The big guns madabread are not tested f r their abeoiute carrying pow-ers, but for tlitlr penetrative powers. Thus the targetsat which tliey are aimed are not placed tolearu to muchhow far they will carry at how deeply the thot will pene-

trate armor of a given llilckues! Two, three, nnd firemiles are the usual diatancet at which the targetl areplaced. It baa been eatlroated that the blggctt gun!those cu the Italian Ironclad! aud tome of the largestKngliah gun! cau throw a thot a distance of elevenmilet nlth contlderable accuracy.

How many figure! are required to express a billionnumerically ! Hrsno.

According to German and L'ngllatt notation, a billiun Isa million million! oJ.0nl,IOO0iu; hy the French andAmerican notation, it la a tbouaand million! luulooil,(VO The arguments of eaae in writing and raiding areall in favor of the French ayetetn, and it may be thattbey have won ua to adopt It; if tbey haven't. It lastrange that we ahould prefer lb French and Italian toth German and EngUsh system.

r. H, Until about three month ago tke Waahlagtonedition ot the Sunday Sex was marked 5 cents.

What amount of revenue waa raised on Imports, andwhat percentage ot It was derived frem sugar, duringthe last Ilaini year t , tl. M

The revenue from the cuatomt tariff during the yearIHWJ-S- 7 amounted to JJI7.'J-U,K)1- . sugar producesrather nioro than one third of tbe entire amount, tbeexact figure being l7S.4J4.ltrt.

I. fioea an ex ofllcift member of a committee batetbe same rights i.l the ileiiberattona of the lolmnltteeaa the regular nieiuliera! 2 Dora a Cliairiutn of acommittee veto ou a question nr does be vote onlr lucase the cotutnlltte la equal!) divided r stkix.

1. W. The Mayor of this city is ex officio a member"of certain important bodle! and he ties the time rlghtaaa the others. t hat la tho uae of having ex officiomembers If they can't do anything I 2. He la entitledto vet on all queatlona as tliey com up, whether ornot the committee la evenly divided.

1, What la meant br tbe Federal narty and the fiepublican party lu the early days of this Government f2. U hat Ir. the lougeat railroad In tbe wirld, aud what IsIts length t J II,

I, Urlellr. the Federal party believed that th UnitedStatei should take a place among the nations of theworld, not at a cunftderacy without a head, but at attroug nation, The Jtepub'lrau party locked on theUnion at an aggregation of Indltldual NUtci Thecentral niruro of the rederalttt! thouli notthtir leader, wat Waahlngton; the leadera wer

Alexander Hamilton an 1 John Adam. The leadera of the Kepubllcan party ero Jefteraon, Madiaen,Calhoun, Grundy, and othera, fiee Johnaton'a" Historyof American Politic!" 2, Probably the Canadian

has th longest mala line of any company, lu anbeing about 2,003 mUeet th xuta Ua of th NorthernFalillUboot,CCO mileilalaagta. Other roads oper-ate greater length track, eat bom we fteUaveaareeager a Ua Ite a

CVlttOVB TACTS JltD nAPPENINQX

nave-- at Maw Flnnllr Gave 8TS.O0O ta thellltito Naelety

J'rem file SvrinefleM I nfon.The man Is stilt ltvtnr who, seventeen

yonrs ago, walked Into tho roomo of tho lllbloBocloty In lloston nud electrified tho personswhom ho found there, llrst by his appearance,and, secondly, by tho conmmnicntlon which hohnd to make, Uls nppenriinco betokened moretltnn poterty, for his shabby clothes were liedtogether with strings. What lit the world hadbrought such a man thoro wns tho questioneveryone nskod himself, and the wondor cunbo bettor Imagined than described wlioti thoslranuer remarked that ho hnd property to thoamount of .75.0011 which ho would llko to turnoor to the society. If he could be guaranteed10 per cent, nnnunily upon it for tho remainderof his life, his age then being 71),

Tho olDcerssupi rosed their nmnroment aswell ns thoy could, took his name, orltlcd hisschedule of his possessions, and submitted thecaso to the director-"- . Thov looked tho matterovorln tho llghtol actuuiles' tables, .to., and

ilinally, ailor much deliberation, decided thattho rink was too groat nnd so nolilled thowould-b- e donor. Not long utter ho came backnnd renewed his proposition to turn tho moneyovor to the soelety and said thnt he would bocontont with 7 per cent, annually. Thnt propo-sition was aecotited. and for somo years ho ap-peared regtilatlv at tho expiration of the yearnnd diowhls Interest, taking S'JOO In cash andthe company's nolo for the balance After do-ing this for soven yoars or so he turnod thosenotes bnek to tho company, saying thnt ho hadno use for them. He Is now, at the ago of !10,blind, deaf, and ctlppled by a fall so that hocannot walk, and tho lllblo Booioty pays thobills for his btipport.

A rlniitaern Wansa'i Cettutae.fYtm the Atlanta Ctofufifurfon.

A foshtonnlilo woman In a nelchborinncltynot wholly unknown tolltornry famo, appearedat a reception tho other day dressed entirely Inred. A red gown, unrellovcd by trimming ofany kind, rod shoes nnd hose, and evou a rodpocket hniidkurchlof. She carried ft limp posyof white llowors, and It mnde a rest for ono'soyes, from tho Uory glaro of the eostumo.

The Great I.nck afat Salaam Bachelor.Trvm xht Ltvtottm JbtirriaL

A New York bachelor over 70 yenrs of airerecently visited Maine, fell in love with a dam-sel loss than half his age, was accepted, andwent home to prepare for the coming ot hisbride. When all things were In order, insteadof going alter bis hotmthod htmsolf, bo sent hisyounger brother. The younger man was

leased with his future sister-in-la- so pleasod?hat ho persuadod her to marry him beforestarting for New i'ork.

ISalttiuere'a Mounted JLamptla-hter- .

rrom the tiaUtmort Sun.The Frederick rond can bonat of quite nn

original lamplighter In tho shape of n boy notover 10 years old. The llttlo fellow rides alongthe rond on a big brown horse. TVhenover hecomes to n lamppost ho drives his horso along-side of it, stands upon the saddle opens thelamp, nnd lights It with a match. He is soquick thnt ho is able to koop up with a horsecar going at a rapid rato.

Fatal Bnnawny of a llahy Cartiara,From the Cleveland trader,

Aktiox, Ohio, May 7. Tho ld

babT of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koersehnor. re-siding at 199 Wheeler street, mot with n torrl-bl- e

accident yesterday afternoon. A neighbor'schild took the little one out riding In a babycnb, along tho edge of Wolf I.odgo, n well-kno-

placo on the southeastern limit of thecity. Leaving the cab in an apparently safeplace, the girl went down along tho sldo ofthe ledge to pick flowers. Whllo she was thusencaged a slight puff of wind started the buggyand It moved toward tho fatal prcclploo. Thobaby's attendant jumped to catch it, but toolate, and baby and cab woro dashed to the bot-tom of tho raWno thirty feet below. The baby'sskull was fractured, and it died a few hourslater.

Ke Gnan far Telephone dris.From the Detroit Journal.

There were weepinjrnnd waillnp; and gnash-ing of teeth In tho tolephono stations tho otherday over mow order. The hollo-girl- s havo bowedIn submission to the orderthat thero shall be noreading, no sewing, uo crocheting, no drawnwork, whllo they aro on duty. Hut when theorder wits Issued forbidding them to ohew gum,they felt that the time had como to strike tilltho last armed foe should expire. Conferenceswero hold nnd cabals formed, but In the endquiet was restored, and tho gum was thrownout of the window. The reason lor the orderwas simple. When a subscriber calls for, say,4378-S- r. the girl with tho gum would repeat:" rortythroesoventyeightthroe rings."

Frosr During; llesr JDayn.iypm the Klncium Freeman.

John Joy of Ilondout claims to be thechampion frog catcher in tills State. He sellsthe saddles of the green bnck croakers and

quite nn Incomo from tho business. Thisforenoon Joy said that frogs will not enter thewater or croak during dog days. Thofrogssiton tho shores of ponds during that time andlook upon the water In silent melancholy, aquiver running up nnd down tholr green hidesat lntenals. At such times Joy stated it wasan oasy matter to catch a frog, as it acts stu-pid, and a porson can easily approach it.

JL Haa or Talenta.From the Chtcayo

LoOANSPOitT. Ind., May 7. Sheriff Ean-dolp- h

passed through this city y withfour pnsoners bound for Michigan City prison.Ono member of tho gang was n man who hasdisplayed a remarkable range ot talont. havingbeen a mlnl-te- r. tomperance lecturer, nndhorse thief. He Is on bis way to serve his fourthterm in tho penitentiary.

Thin Caahler Earns Ul Salary.From the Umttrille rust

A frentloman who hns Just roturned fromPInovllle tells me that the bank at Plne-vill- e

has taken In from $C,000 to $20,000por day in deposits, averaging $50,000 a week.This would show a line ot annual depositsequal to f 2.50O.OII0. Tho bank at I'inovlllo con-sists of n big iron safe In a little frame shanty,having a rough doal-boar- d counter In front ottho safo for tho cashier's uso. Tho cashlsrsleeps undortho counter at night to keep thesafe from running away.

Travel arst Cactus Then la llIal'iDtdy,From the Savannah ji'ews.

George W. Mitchell, the foreman of theFalatka Dailu .Veica, wns thrown into a con-templative mood the other day by a strangeoccurrence. About sotun yenrs ago he wastravolllni: In Moxlco, and whllo out walkingone day ho saw something on the ground thatexcited his curiosity, and xtooped down to pickIt up. While thus stooping or sitting on onekneo ho lost his balance and fell ovor against acactus, running one of tho thorns into tho calfof his leg. Ho tried to pull It out, but did notsuccoed. and when he got up. as it had sttiekInto a mtihi'le, it h id n firm bold, and wasdrawn in through the skin and disaniioared.Tor a week alter that tho only lneunouiencowits a llttlo sorenosH In tho wound, and two orthree years after Mr. .Mitchell said ho folt as Ifhe had rheumatism In thut leg.

Last Saturday n eore place was folt on hischin something like a boll, though not quiteso nalntul. btlllltwas enough to annoy him,and ho kunt working at tho place, as ono will,until he folt a sharp point protruding. Ho triedSBeral wnjsof iiscortaliilng what it was, nndDually rer.ortod to tho way ofsqueezing tho plaee until tliu jolnt came outand about three-quarte- of an Inch of tho oldcnetus thorn. After soten yearH of trneloverhis body, unierliig the ealf of his leg. It UnallyUulshes its journey ou tho end of bis chin.

Jlallroooa I'allteueia.Fiom the Chicago Tribune.

"MIssKncktus," Mid theyottnfrinannttlioArizona ball, casually rostlug his hand on thobutt end of his I bolieto the noxtwaltz Is mine, isn't iff"

"I think you aro mistaken. Mr. noundup,"said another young man who was standing by,ns ho pointed in a careless, easy tnnnnor at MissKaektus's caul with u bowlo knife eighteeninches long, "mv nnmolsdown for that wait?."

"You are right, Mr, l.arlat," rejoined Mr.itouudup, with his eyes on the glittering blade.

Motnlllc Map lit Xurlh CJarallua,From the areeiilloro ft'ori-man-.

Curious incidents occur In this land, nndono of lliem Issulllclentlyso to oxeite Interest.Mrs. Androwi, who lives llvo or six miles fromtoun, brought recently toth drug stole of Mr.1 'oiler a quantity ot urertuln menu leeembllngwhat is known as "babbitt" or powtor, butwhich, ou being struck Willi n tiioeeof steel,pavo foilli a clear lingliig koiiiiiI. h of silver.Mrs. Andiuvtri'ri account of the metal Is as fol-lows: Due of her during tho Into coldsnap, had cut down a tteo and put parts of Iton the lire for fuel. Presently, when the tirohad well burned, ihls metal began to pourfrom an opening In the stick of wood, fallingon the hearth in front of tho lire. This metalwasg.ithoied up In the slinpo It bnd taken onthe hearth, whllo among the ashes particles oftho same metnl wore found. Tho quantitywas supposed to bo several pounds, aud allpronounce It of queer origin.

A ('ut.rallnff Caar.from the mtiburah fipjrra.

FrsntAV, May 3. -J-om'iiIi Tucker of Mm Iontownship, this county. Is tlte owner ol n Jerseycow with a fry r n.nrkublo uiipetlle. Theanimal eatt ovary cat thnt eomes within lisreach. Already this spring she hasealou flocuts, and whenever a cat comes nlthitt herrango of vision she Is wild until she catches,kills, and eats It,

In all other respects the eow appears to beBormal In her. tastes and disposition. She isold, and haa haa thie BecntLUuilytu alao (he w eauT

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TUB OOKDJRV' SPIKE. W

nan-- It Happened thnt eo .tinny Meanentaaa i(nr Ma lie, Oesina It. T

( rrom fA 0aMin4 rtlnunf. ,'Tho frol'lnn splko thrtt u.nltd tho Union . K

nnd the Central l'aclllo Hnl.'ronds and con inested New i'ork nnd HanVrnt.tclsco by rail hM ' -

been Immortalized in song, st.'iry, and picture) 'Vuntil It has become a part of thev history of thli ' ' &country, nnd whorotor tho lMrlfle roast ia 'ft'heard of there will also tho fa.motm goldensplko" o'Mm Central l'nolfle bo known, There Tt'Is one peculiar fact connoctoit with thla wgoldou Hplko, however. The snlko la still , '5In tho custody of the Contra) l'aelflo Itail 3rond Company, and yet there are many ;charms inndo from gold thnt nre said to bi -made from this spike. Tho stones do notncree. and much speculation line been caused - ttheinbv. Tho charms are mnde In the shape)of little rnllrond spikes, each about an Inon)long. They nro cngrnod with the foot thaithe metal was part of tho great "GoldenKtdko" tliat joined tho two roads, and clvlnathe ilnte of the completion of tho road. May lowHjii'i, nnd tho namoof tho owner. Thcise are)looked upon as spurious charms, but tliey arts '

fionulit". and tn oxplnln this ono must ei back ,--

which Is comparatively unAnown.Tho Contntl 1'aclflo ltallrond now owus the ''

track thnt runs to the city ot Ugdon. but aa aa 'actual inct It never built this road. Jb'or months itho Central and Union l'aclllo railroads had Vbeen racing, one enstward and the other west-- ;ward, the Union racltlo aiming to get over the) ."Hlcrrns, and tho Central aiming to get the beet ''pass oer tlmso mountains into Nevada andbeyond. At that tltnn It was tho lntantloaofthe Union l'nclflc to have an entranoo Into Bast 1

Francisco, and the Central l'aclllo woe trylnstto get as far east nn posslblo before matin ja connection. Dutlng the first part ol Sftho year 1G9 nnd tho latter pan of MlbC? each road had Its graders working tf'night nnd day, Thoy met In tbe nelnh-- Wborhood of Tromontory said passed each other, .one set grading to the eastward and the other 'Jtu tho westward within ft fow hundred tcet or ?iono another. Vnch road hail gradod many 'hmllos hoyond their first meeting place when ntho tracks were laid to Promontory, flfty-thr- ef ' ffttulles west of Ogden. Thon they paused and ..?thought ovor tho matter, and negotiations wer ilmade by which tho Central l'aclllo ltallroad Apurchased tho track Into Ogdrtn and gradlnjr &,

ceased. I.Ike Immonso mounds the abandonedgradon lay along the snoro or the Great Ball ,'i'iLake to bear witness to tho trn vcles betweea ,":,two groat toads. fi

Hut to roturn to the golden spike, At Pro yimontory the splko wus driven, and with mueh (enromonynnd pomp wns tho affair celebrated. JTke spike was made of gold purp sold, and OK ;Sthe Up ot it was a large lump of rough gold, '

This was broken off; Lelnnd Stanford drove kthe splko, whlnh was afterward carefully drawnand preserved, aud an lrou one substituted. It 'twas from thin rough lump or gold, enntwttss )'tho spUo, that tho little watch charms alio matUt M

VEER PIPE LINES. 'J

JL cheme far JEnabllnc PennuTlTstertaavsrSJe) iffEvade the Xtqnor Iavr, ,it

From the euuetrrsA Timet. rfiCool beer in unlimited qantitles tn errory ' .

man's houso to be obtained simply by turaliuri,spigot, tho samo as for water. That is the latest iI1 an to circumvent the Lloenso Court. It la $vcertainly true that " necessity is the mother ofinvention," and tho scarcltyof saloons after to-- 1morrow hns set many persons to cudgeluns; tjtheir brnlns for plans to make up for the lots. 3,Tliat ot furnishing beer to private houses ',through pipes runningdlroot from the breweryIs the invention of William Hogg, the Hone; JKong blue manufacturer of AUeirhony City. -

Ou Sutu rd.ty he submitted the plan vo D. Luti, '!tho brewesr. who expressed himself as greatly Y,

pleased with it, Mr. Hogg will apply for ft )patent, and It ho secures one will oommenoopreparations for putting tho schema Into effeot. 4i

Tho idea is to lay pipes in the streets the isame as other pipos nre laid, and these will . A;have houso connections, tho boer passing: ''.through a meter In each house to show the .'.,quantity usod. The pipes will be ot peculiar - "Jconstruction, and three In number, one Inside .4the other. The outer pipe will be of clqy. This siwtll surround nn inner plpo ot iron, which will i 'Astill havo anothor Inside of It, The inner pipe .

will bo two Inches in diameter, lined with silverto prevent oorroslon. jf.

Between this plpo and the other Iron pipe willbe a spaco of about two inches all around, togive space to a current of cold air from the loe-- .'making machinery at the broworr. thus keep-- ' iing the beor cool all the time. jt.

Mr. Hogg calculated thnt a pressure of 60,000 isgallons in a hogshead or reservoir on the sixth. ,(!v

floor of tho brewory will bo sufficient to foroo j'tho beer through the pipes and into the houseswhero the service pipes run. The consumers :'will pay no license or tax. but It will be neoes- - 'enry for tho brower to afllx the Internal revenue 4stamps to the hogshead in the brewery. The Jplan contemplates lending rtround personaonce a month to examine tho tasters, see new 4much beer has been consumed and collect the -

money for It About once a rhanth the pipes i.will be cleaned out thoroughly In order to keep ,?them in good condition and parevent the beer N "from spoiling. A

It will be necessary, of course, to get the per-- !',

mission of Councils to lay pipes in the streets. hMr. Hogg says that if he got everything else ',in shape ho haj no fear about totting totspermission. As yet he has cot fleurod on thcost, but ho does not expect It to be laffger than, :;ho will be able to secure money for to pat than 'vdown. The first trial will be In Alletthony, .8

That thero will be a great many schemes de-- f-- r

vised to sell liquor without license is pretty .;certain. One prominent wholesale flguor ;'dealor said yesterday that a eood many of hla '.',Wold customors who havo beon refused ueensea 'I -have talked to him about methods of Rettlns ''''around the lnw. The plan of forming olubp Isthe most popular. Tbe gentleman says that m . Hevery instance he had fried to discourage sit '?',such efforts. He thinks that the courts will re ,tfuse to cburter clubs which have for their real ,1purposo tho evasion ot the liquor laws. l

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AmoDjr the firat ijTnptomi will tn notice d n atrwtness or jt iUesne8, with weak nnd tired feelfuf la tit 4limbs ADd general vente of exhauitlou; any uawnt4 3exertion will be followed by great fatlgne, and the weak--

neu will be Tery marked. Tlieta ymptomi will of tern t Jaccompunled by more or leu jialit, or bad feellnr ta thm 7bead or back, and the pertun often wak.ee each monimg Amore tired nd Unrald than on retiring1. As th dUeaa (

prosresicet there will be a cold n as and bad elrcuUtlom ilu the feet and IlmM, followed, after a time, by a illcblnumbnres or tl si ft In?, at first bardly noticeable, busgradually becoming more and more marked. The pnekMnit or ttiifUnif In the end of the tlnjrer aud toes will ta--

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tlntc.lnifls not always conttant, but may come and re)at any time without apparently any noticeable oaosa.A in one tbe first s)mptoms. alto, are a weakness, UreA ;,

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